Culture
Monday, 6/29, 05:11 AM
Bill Maher takes the Mark Twain Prize at a changed Kennedy Center
- Bill Maher, the provocative comedian and longtime HBO host, received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday — an award handed out this year against the backdrop of a turbulent period at the institution and Maher's own hard-to-pin-down place in America's culture wars.